After the deluge

A bit of outside mixing last weekend, the first for a while. But the weather was on our side and all went well. The snap above being taken after we had broken up for the day. With the big decision being, did we clear up then or the day after? After a drop of tea we settled for then.

The beams from Travis Perkins had done good service. With the ramp in the foreground built on a couple of sturdy chairs which floated in family possession in the course of the dissolution of what had been the Exe Vale group of mental hospitals. More bounce in it than you might think. The rope was taken from the reel acquired in the course of an expedition to the Banker & Barrowboy at London Bridge and noticed at reference 1. Still going strong after nearly five years use.

The balancing beam behind held up by cross pieces made from some sturdy sheets of fibre board sourced at the end of last year from a skip a few doors up. The same stuff as went into the contraption noticed at reference 2. With my drop of tea, in an IKEA mug sourced from a car boot sale at Hook Road Arena. A stall manned by a couple of students breaking up their flat at the end of the course. Who had the grace to be amused when I explained that the more such mugs I had, the less often I had to do any washing up. With their contribution taking the total to three, now, sadly, back down to one again.

Mugs which have a matt rather than a gloss interior finish - with the former working much better with morning tea than the latter. No idea why. Oral habit? With a down side being that the matt finish picks up tea stains (from our hard water) far more easily than the gloss.

Temporary fence around the pondlets just visible left. Suggestive rather than impenetrable, but it served.

Behind the balancing beam, some rather more conventional equipment. Behind that, one of our trestle tables, big enough for socially distanced eating. With the remains of the wine from Pfaffenheim, as noticed at reference 3, just about visible. Hopefully reinforcements will be arriving from Guildford shortly.

Trestle tables now getting on for ten years old, as noticed at reference 4 and 5. Not used that often, but on the right occasion, very handy.

Reference 1: https://psmv3.blogspot.com/2016/07/rope-1.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-contraption.html.

Reference 3: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2021/03/pfaffenheim.html.

Reference 4: https://pumpkinstrokemarrow.blogspot.com/2011/07/diy.html.

Reference 5: https://pumpkinstrokemarrow.blogspot.com/2011/06/diy.html.